Changing The Transmission Oil - APRILIA ETX 125 - 1998 Manual

CHANGING
THE TRANSMISSION OIL
Carefully read p. 20 (TRANSMISSION
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OIL) and p. 39 (MAINTENANCE).
Remember: 1 mile = 1.6 km
1 km = 0.625 miles
Check the transmission oil level every
4000 km, change it after the first 1000 km
and successively every 12000 km.
To change the oil, proceed as follows:
Drive for a few miles, until the engine
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reaches the normal running temperature.
Position the vehicle on firm and
flat ground.
Stop the engine and let it cool down for
at least ten minutes, in order to allow the
oil to flow back to the oil pan and to cool
down.
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When warmed up, the engine
contains hot oil; therefore, while
carrying out the operations de-
scribed here below be particularly care-
ful, in order to avoid burns.
Position the vehicle on the stand.
Put a container (1) with at least 600 cm C ca-
pacity in correspondence with the drain plug
(2).
Unscrew and remove the drain plug (2).
Unscrew and remove the filling plug (3).
Drain the oil and let it drip into the container
(1) for a few minutes.
Remove the metal residues from the drain
plug (2) magnet.
Check and if necessary replace the seal-
ing washer of the drain plug (2).
Change the sealing washer of the drain
plug (2) every 12000 km (or every sec-
ond engine oil change).
Screw and tighten the drain plug (2).
Drain plug (2) driving torque:
27 Nm (2,7 kgm).
Pour about 550 cmC of transmission oil
through the filling opening (3), see p. 72
(LUBRICANT CHART).
Tighten the filling plug (3).
Start the engine, see p. 32 (STARTING)
and let it idle for about one minute, in or-
der to ensure the filling up of the trans-
mission oil circuit.
Check the oil level and top up if necessary,
see p. 42 (CHECKING THE TRANSMIS-
SION OIL LEVEL AND TOPPING UP).
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T i g h t e n t h e
thoroughly and make sure that
there are no oil leaks.
Periodically check that there are no
leaks in correspondence with the oil
pan cover seal.
Do not use the vehicle with insufficient
lubrication or with contaminated or un-
suitable lubricants, since this would ac-
celerate the wear of the moving parts
and may also cause irreparable failures.
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